Overview

Illuminating and comprehensive, this excellent volume addresses the problematic relationship between democratic institutions and the current critique of enlightenment and modernity. Since at least the beginning of the twentieth century, and across the range of practice from science to politics to art, various cultural shifts have unsettled assumptions that have been fundamental to the development of democratic institutions: assumptions concerning individual identity, the nature of political systems, and the viability of egalitarian ideals. Can democracy survive these changes to the value systems upon which it has been based for over two centuries? This study does not focus on the often repeated particulars of past or current events such as 9/11 or the genocide in Darfur, but instead examines the terms and conditions under which it would be possible to prevent such events in the future.

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Author:   Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780754649724

ISBN 10:   0754649725
Pages:   148
Publication Date:   28 January 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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'It is rare that a single volume provides such a comprehending cognitive mapping of where we are today. For anyone interested not merely in social theory but, even more, in the fate of our freedoms, this book is a MUST.' Slavoj Zizek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Author Information

Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth is Saintsbury Professor Emerita at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She writes on the cultural history and current crisis of representation in western societies, and on the oppportunities it presents for rethinking commonly held understandings of political and personal life. She has held several distinguished appointments on both sides of the Atlantic. Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth, Edward W. Said, Chantal Mouffe, Mark Bevir, Fran Tonkiss, Kristyn Gorton, Jeremy F. Lane, Thomas Vargish.

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